Christmas Light Abstract

I turned my camera's ISO down to 80 and shot this from a moving car to get the blur effect. That's the great thing about digital, it gives you the opportunity to experiment a little bit and do something different with, say a Christmas light display.

Colorful sunrise

Lots of different colors out this morning ... some pink in the clouds, with a lot of blues and a hint of yellow where the sun was peeking through.

Happy Thanksgiving

Kids in a box

We got our son a new set of bedroom stuff, and the toy box is this mock toolbox type thing. Of course, our daughter thought it was the perfect size for she and her brother to play in instead of using it to store toys.

Reflections at dusk

This photo was really a complete accident. I sat the camera on top of my car and did a 3 second exposure. There's nothing spectacular about the view ... it's my back yard and the homes around me ... but the reflection off the top of the car makes it look like water, and the shadows hide all the "ordinary" detail. It was kind of a nice surprise.

Shadows & Texture

Thought this looked interesting before I left work the other evening. The setting sun was shining through the blinds in my office onto this cabinet with a key sticking out of the keyhole.

Rocks & Water

I wanted to try and start posting more, but coming up with something everyday is tougher than it sounds. Here's something I shot this morning.

Morning commute

Red tree, blue sky

Some random shots

I had some down today, so I got to walk around and see some interesting sites at some of our buildings at work.

Trio of Angels

Christmas comes pretty early in the marketing department. These are from ornaments on one of the trees we do.

Uncorked

Snails

It was a tad warmer here on Saturday, and I think that brought out the garden creatures. We found three of these guys wandering around on our sidewalk.

Some Fall Colors

Tobacco barn

Somewhere in Carter County, Ky.

Yet another sign

As seen on the front window of the office building where I work.

First frost

Tiles

In Memory

A leaf that had fallen on one of those brick memorial sidewalks.

Morning Dew

Early Fall Sunrise

Gotta love those nice fall mornings.

Clouds over Taco Bell

A couple of signs

I thought somebody killed the electric car? You just don't see many of them today ... especially enough to have their own parking spots. At least there's a convenient power outlet on the wall for the electric car. Actually, this is a leftover sign on a building that used to be used by the power company. I just thought it seemed funny.
I also saw the sign below at a library. It for some reason just struck me as funny. No "light" studying allowed, I guess.

Zucchini and Squash

Misty Morning

There was some pretty heavy fog out this morning, which made for a cool looking sunrise.


I also grabbed the photo below a little later. It's the fog in the trees at Central Park in Ashland, Ky.

Full Moon

Beautiful full moon last night. It was so bright at one point, it looked like a light was on outside our house.

Awww.... nuts

This guy was hanging around feasting on our dinner leftovers at Central Park in Ashland on Wednesday.

Mercedes

Not my car ... I tinted the photo blue because I liked the effect better.

Toy Story cake

My wife goes all out when it comes to our kids' birthday cakes. Here's her latest creation. It's Andy's bed from the Toy Story movies. The bed itself is four layers of cake and the painting on the fondant icing is done with food coloring. The headboard and footboard are made of chocolate and the blocks are rice krispie squares with icing on them. The rug next to the bed is also made with fondant icing.

Ghost Roasters

I shot this Saturday night using a 15 second exposure. It's some kids around a stove roasting marshmallows. What I thought was neat was the light coming from the top that's lighting the grassy area above the wall. It looks like sunlight, but it's actually just from a street light. I sat the camera on a short wall, and the ghostly images come from the kids moving in and out of the frame during the exposure time.

Inside Rainbow

This is from the bouns room in our house. There was a CD laying upside down on the desk, and the sun reflecting through the skylight made this cool rainbow effect on the wall.

Old Truck

I see this old truck sitting on a street in Ashland near my son's daycare all the time, so I finally stopped and snapped a photo of it.